Budding tool



March 18, 1958 A. ca. ALIENGENA BUDDING TOOL Filed Dec. 5, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. ALaea-r G;A\..| ENGENA V I BY E'WZWflWvXQm/dam ATTOQMEYS March 18, 1958 A. e. ALIENGENA 2,

' BUDDING TOOL Filed Dec. 3. 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Figs E1 9 INVENTOR. ALsea-r QAUEMGENA ATTOQMEY-S BUDDING TOOL Albert George Aliengena, Monson, Mass.; Agnes P.

Aliengena administratrix of said Albert George Allengena, deceased Application December 3, 1e54, Serial No. 472,855

5 Claims. (Cl. 47-4 This invention relates to a budding tool and has for its primary object to facilitate the grafting of a bud onto a seedling.

Another object is to facilitate the lifting of the bark of the growing stalk to enable the bud to be introduced therebeneath.

Still another object is to enable the bark to be lifted without injury thereto or to the stalk enveloped thereby.

The above and other objects may be attained by employing this invention which embodies among its features a shank, a transversely curved bark lifting blade carried by the shank and extending longitudinally therefrom adjacent one end thereof, opposite side edges of the blade converging as they recede from the shank, a rib carried by the bark lifting blade and extending outwardly from its convex side midway between opposite side edges thereof, and said rib diminishing in cross section as it recedes from the shank to define a bark parting instrument.

Other features include increasing the thickness of the bark lifting blade as it approaches the rib to increase its lifting effort, and a convex bark incising blade carried by the rib and extending perpendicularly outwardly therefrom on the side thereof remote from the bark lifting blade.

in the drawings:

Figure l is a fragmentary side view of a bark covered stalk showing an inverted T-shaped incision cut therein with this improved budding tool inserted beneath the bark and lifting it from contact with the stalk;

Figure 2 is a side view partially in section of the bark lifting tool illustrated in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an enlarged face view of the bark lifting tool;

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line d4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is an enlarged side view of a modified form of the invention;

Figure 6 is a back view of Figure 5;

Figure 7 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line 7-7 of Figure 6;

Figure 8 is an edge view of the modified form of the invention;

Figure 9 is a side view of Figure 8;

Figure 10 is a fragmentary view of a stalk showing a vertical incision being cut therein; and

Figure 11 is a view similar to Figure 1, showing the modified form of the instrument in use.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a shank 10 carries adjacent one end a transversely curved bark lifting blade 12 of transversely concavo-convex form, opposite side edges of which converge as at 14 as they recede from the shank 10. Carried by the bark lifting blade 12 and extending outwardly from the convex side thereof midway between opposite side edges 14 is a rib 16, which diminishes in cross section as it recedes from the shank :54 Patent 2,826,863 Patented Mar. 18, 1958 10, as will be readily understood upon reference to Figure 3.

As illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, the shank 10 is provided adjacent its end remote from the bark hfting blade 12 with a handle 18 which extends longitudinally from the shank, and in the preferred form of the invention, the shank is bent intermediateits ends as at 20 so that when the concave side of the bark lifting blade 12 lies against the stalk, the handle 18 will extend outwardly away from said stalk.

In the modified form of the invention illustrated in Figures through 7, inclusive, a shank is bent inter-' mediate its ends as at for the purpose previously explained, and carried by the shank 10' and extending longitudinally from one end thereof is a bark lifting blade of transversely concavo-convex form 12' which, like the blade 12, carries on its convex side a bark parting rib 16 which conforms in all respects to the rib 16 previously referred to and diminishes in cross section as it recedes from the shank 10. Carried by the rib 16' and extending perpendicularly outwardly therefrom on the side thereof remote from the bark lifting blade 12 is a bark incising blade 22 which is of convex form and has an extension 24 which overlies the shank 10 adjacent the bark lifting blade 12. Like the bark lifting blade 12, previously referred to, opposite side edges 14 of the bark lifting blade 12; converge as they recede from the shank 16 and the bark lifting blade diminishes in thickness as it recedes from the rib 16' in a manner previously described.

in the further modified form of the invention illustrated in Figures 8 through 11, inclusive, a handle 26, conventionally constructed in accordance with a jack knife handle, carries adjacent one end a shank 28 which is pivotally connected to the handle and is adapted to be folded thereinto, as suggested in the dotted lines in Figure 9. The end of the shank 28 remote from the handle 26 carries a bark lifting blade 30 which, like that previously described, is concavo-convex in cross section and carries on its convex side a longitudinally extending rib 32 which diminishes in cross section as it recedes .from the shank 28. Opposite side edges 34 of the blade 30 converge as they recede from the shank 28 and increase in thickness as they approach the rib 32 to define a bark lifter. Pivotally connected to the handle 26 remote from the shank 28 is one end of a convex incising blade 36 which, when not in use, is adapted to be folded into the jack knife handle 26.

In using the tool illustrated in Figures 1 through 3, inclusive, a vertical incision and a horizontal incision are first made in the bark of the standing stalk, after which the bark lifting blade 12 is introduced beneath the bark, as illustrated in Figure 1, so that as it is moved away from the transversal horizontal incision in the bark, the bark will be gently lifted away from the body of the stalk with but a minimum of effort and Without injury to the seedling or the bark thereof.

. Both of the forms of the invention illustrated in Figures 5 through 7, inclusive, and in Figures 8 through 11, inclusive, may be employed in a similar manner but in addition to carrying the bark lifting blade, an incising blade such as is illustrated in Figures 5 through 7, may be carried by the instrument so that the incisions may be cut in the bark of the seedling with a single instrument. Likewise, by employing the blade 36 of the folding structure applied with a jack knife handle 26, the incisions may be made by a single instrument carrying the bark lifting blade.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. A budding tool comprising a solid shank having a bend u'ntermediate its ends, a transversely concave-convex bark'liftin'g blade fixedly carried by the shank and extending longitudinally therefrom adjacent one end thereof, opposite side edges of the blade converging as they recede from the shank, a rib carried by the bark lifting blade and extending outwardly from its convex side :midway :between opposite side edges thereof, said rib diminishing in cross section as it recedes from .the shank :to .define a bark parting instrument, said bark lifting blade increasing in thickness as it approaches the rib to increase its lifting effort and a handle fixedly carried rbyvthe shank and extending longitudinally therefrom adjacent :the end remote from the bark lifting blade.

.2. Abudding tool comprising a solid shank having a bend intermediate its ends,,a transversely concave-convex-bark lifting blade fixedly carried by the shank and extending longitudinally therefrom adjacent one end thereof, opposite side edges of the blade converging as itheytrecede fromthe shank, a rib carried by the bark lifting blade and extending outwardly from its convex side midway between opposite side edges thereof, said rib ,diminishingin cross section as it recedes from the shank to define a bark parting instrument, a convex bark incising blade carried by therib and extending perpendicularlyoutwardly therefrom on the side thereof remote from the bark lifting blade and a handle fixedly carried .by theshank and extending longitudinally therefrom adjacent the end remote from the bark lifting blade.

3. A budding tool comprising a solid shank having a .bendintermediateits ends, a transversely concavo-convex bark lifting blade fixedly carried by the shank and extending longitudinally therefrom adjacent one end thereof, opposite side edges of the blade converging as they recede from the shank, a rib carried by the bark lifting blade and extendingoutwardly from its convex -side midway between opposite side edges thereof, said ribdiminishing in cross section as it recedes from the shank to define a bark parting instrument, said bark lifting blade increasing in thickness as it approaches the rib to increase its lifting effort, a convex. bark incising blade carried y the rib and ex en n p rpen cul r y nu wardly therefrom on the side thereof remote from the bark lifting blade and a handle carried by the shank and extending longitudinally therefrom adjacent the end thereof remote from the bark lifting blade.

4. A budding tool comprising a solid shank having a bend intermediate its ends, a transversely concave-convex bark lifting blade fixedly carried by the shank and extending longitudinally therefrom adjacent one end thereof, opposite side edges of the blade converging as they recede from the shank, a rib carried by the bark lifting blade and extending outwardly, from its convex side midway between opposite side edges thereof, said rib diminishing in cross section as it recedes from the shank to define a bark parting instrument, and a handle carried by the shank and extending longitudinally therefrom adjacent the end thereof remote from the bark lifting blade.

-5. A budding tool comprising a solid shank having a bend intermediate its ends, a transversely concavo-convex bark;lifting blade fixedly carried by the shank and extending longitudinally therefrom adjacent one end thereof, opposite side edges of the blade converging as they recede from the shank, a rib carried by the bark lifting blade ,and extending outwardly from its convex .side midway between opposite side edges thereof, said rib diminishing in cross section as it recedes from the shank to define a bark parting instrument, a handle pivotally connected adjacent one end to the shank for movement in anarcuate path adjacent the end thereof remotefrom the bark lifting blade, and a bark incising blade pivotally carried ,by the handle adjacent'the end thereof remote from the shank.

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